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سحق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

سَحُوقٌ ذ Tall; applied to a palm-tree; (S, Msb, K;) as also سُيْحُوقٌ; (S;) and to a he-ass and to a she-ass; (S, K) and by some, metaphorically, to a woman; (TA;) and ↓ سَوْحَقٌ signifies the same, (K,) applied to a man; (TA;) and الرِّجْلَيْنِ ↓ سَوْحَقُ long in respect of the legs: (IB:) or سَحُوقٌ applied to a palm-tree signifies tall so that its fruit is far above the gatherer; As says, I know not whether that be with a bending: or, accord. to Sh, so applied, smooth and tall, having no stumps of the branches remaining [ upon the trunk ]; and to such the neck of a horse is likened by a poet: and applied to a he-ass and to a she-ass, tall, and advanced in age: (TA:) pl. سُحُقٌ, (S, O, Msb,) like رُسُلٌ, (Msb,) or سُحْقٌ. (So in the K.) One says also جَنَّةٌ سُحُقٌ, meaning A garden of tall palm-trees. (TA.)

Derived headwords

سَحُوقٌ
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